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TIL that England experiences large spikes in power demand during half-time at football games due to widespread use of electric kettles

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VMvn0 TIL before the Nazis adopted the Swastika in the West, it was used by Rudyard Kipling, The 45th Infantry Division of the United States Army, Carlsberg Group, the Finnish Air Force, Boy Scouts in Britain, The Royal Air Force's 273 Squadron, the Arizona Department of Transportation and many others.
loVkN TIL that urine doesn't come directly from your digestive tract, but is produced by filtering your blood... Feels like I should have known that.
87bZ TIL Getting a blowjob in a car is illegal in 13 states, with 15 years to life being the most severe punishment in the state of Michigan.
49Og TIL that the parents in Ferris Buellers Day Off met onset and actually got married after filming
LQra9 TIL Avocados evolved to be eaten whole by megafauna almost the size of elephants